Swimming - how long after surgery?

Just curious, how long did you wait after surgery before going into a chlorinated pool?

This is gonna be one of my first questions tomorrow at my first follow up ! I shall keep u posted 

Jax x

Thanks a mill, Jax!  Hope you're doing well!

5/6 weeks... You want to make sure that your incisions are completely healed up

Thanks, Leanne!

You can go in water as soon as your incisions are completely healed (no leaking at all).  It's about 6 weeks before you can do any water exercise (including swimming).  When I had my surgery, it was end of June and I didn't get into the pool at all that summer due to leaking serius fluid (the stuff that hold our blood cells).  They just don't want to risk infection, even from a clorinated pool.

Cathy

Thanks for the info, Cathy!  It's crazy but my incisions are healing really fast and I've had no fluid coming out of them. But I'll wait until my one month follow up to have a nurse give a thumbs up before I venture into the pool. I have one in my building so I'm looking forward to using it on those days when it's a bit too cold for long walks outside. 

Hi,

I am 6.5 weeks post op, went through Guelph. Surgeon said no pools, hot tubs, or baths until the 6 week mark. Really missed those baths, but an NSV for that is seeing how you've shrunk in relation to that tub!

C.

Had my own pool so know its cleaned well, walked around the pool at 4 wks. but no exercise till 6 weeks out.